# An SDMB Vet Returns **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269 "2005-04-20T17:40:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/1 "2005-04-20T17:40:49Z")
Long ago, in ages past, I was a regular poster on the SDMB. We’re talking eons ago in internet time, when the SDMB was in its first year or two. Waaaayyy back, even before the server shutdowns lovingly referred to as the Winter of our Discount Tents. (Getting nostalgic yet?) Those of you who were around then may remember a plucky young Doper named Admiral Borg. Yep. That’s me. He’s baaaack. Muhahahahahaha. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/2 "2005-04-20T17:43:32Z")
Welcome back… :: click :: :: click :: Of course, there’ve been a few changes around here. Enjoy your shackles…the initation crew will be with you just as soon as we take care of a bit of a squck infestation. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/3 "2005-04-20T17:47:34Z")
_runs in yelling, shooting arrows at a rampaging, slavering, roaring Squck as it charges through_ Yaaaaaa— –oh, hi, there! **Spatial Rift 47**! Welcome back to the SDMB! _smooch_– –aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! _runs back out again, still shooting arrows wildly_ ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/4 "2005-04-20T18:21:53Z")
**Spatial Rift 47** , users are allowed only one account, each. Please contact an Administrator to decide which account you’d like to keep. - SkipMagic ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/5 "2005-04-20T19:25:58Z")
There was a bug in the code preventing anyone who had subscribed in the past 28 days from re-subscribing. That has since been corrected, and now you should be able to sign up for an additional year of subscription for a total of 2 years at the discount price. That is as soon as we get your two screen names sorted out, that’s not a smart thing to do. (I had assumed you had a regular ol’ name change and did not realize you had more than one name.) Please send me an email at [TubaDiva@aol.com](mailto:TubaDiva@aol.com) and let’s sort this out properly. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/6 "2005-04-21T01:16:56Z")
Yay, my thread is back! Yes, all the difficulties have been ironed out, and I even get to retain my impressive start date, as well as my not-so-impressive post count. But, that will change soon. 🆒 It’s good to be back. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/7 "2005-04-21T01:25:08Z")
Welcome back. I remember you as **Admiral Borg**. There are some changes you’re not going to appreciate. Chief among those changes is that Seven of Nine is no longer a member of your hive-mind. You shouldn’t have stayed away so long. Snooze ya’ lose and all that. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/8 "2005-04-21T01:29:58Z")
Welcome back, **Admiral Borg** , now **Spatial Rift 47**! The welcoming committee will be along shortly with their paraphernalia, er, I man, party favours. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/9 "2005-04-21T01:50:29Z")
Seven’s gone? WOOHOO! I mean, I know she looked great in that catsuit, but all she did was whine and complain about her implants (not **those** implants, you perverts) causing severe skin irritation. Even when we gave her an analgesic cream she wouldn’t shut up. ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/10 "2005-04-21T09:11:46Z")
Welcome back. You caught my eye because 47 is the best number ever. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/11 "2005-04-21T14:53:05Z")
Wow, what a welcome back. Gets jumped on by 2 mods like white on rice. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/12 "2005-04-21T15:22:06Z")
What can I say, the mods love me. And yes, 47 IS the best number ever. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/13 "2005-04-21T15:23:28Z")
Party favours? Now that’s an interesting way to describe them… Psssst–where’s Mariah? Has she come out of hiding yet? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/14 "2005-04-21T15:25:20Z")
So what’s the significance of the number 47 to you? Seeing as how you used to be a borg, I can understand your interest in prime numbers, but I was wondering if there was something else to it. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/15 "2005-04-21T18:01:10Z")
The number 47 is _everywhere_ in Star Trek. It all started in 1964 when this math professor Donald Bentley at Pomona College supposedly proved that all numbers are equal to 47. This subsequently became a running joke on the Pomona campus. In 1979 this other guy named Joe Menosky graduated from Pomona, and later went on to write episodes for Star Trek The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager. He started putting in the number 47 at odd places, e.g. “Captain, the shields are down to 47%!” or “Reroute circuit 47-gamma.” Didn’t take long for other writers to pick up on the gag, and now you can’t swing a dead android without hitting the number 47. All of this info came from here: [http://www.pomona.edu/Welcome/Trek/47trek.shtml](http://www.pomona.edu/Welcome/Trek/47trek.shtml) and here: [http://www.pomona.edu/Welcome/Trek/Trek.shtml](http://www.pomona.edu/Welcome/Trek/Trek.shtml) this post is brought to you by the letter Q and the number … well, I think you know ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/16 "2005-04-21T18:22:19Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Psssst–where’s Mariah? Has she come out of hiding yet? What on Earth did y’all name? The goat already has a name. There are far too many individual calimari beasts to give only _one_ a name. The wading pool isn’t sentient and as such can’t hide or come out of hiding. I mean … unless y’all got **another** goat… [sub]At least trim the horns down?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/17 "2005-04-21T18:28:41Z")
No, no, Mariah is our squid… _quick smooch_ ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/18 "2005-04-21T18:34:45Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > The number 47 is _everywhere_ in Star Trek. It all started in 1964 when this math professor Donald Bentley at Pomona College supposedly proved that all numbers are equal to 47. This subsequently became a running joke on the Pomona campus. In 1979 this other guy named Joe Menosky graduated from Pomona, and later went on to write episodes for Star Trek The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager. He started putting in the number 47 at odd places, e.g. “Captain, the shields are down to 47%!” or “Reroute circuit 47-gamma.” Didn’t take long for other writers to pick up on the gag, and now you can’t swing a dead android without hitting the number 47. > > All of this info came from here: [http://www.pomona.edu/Welcome/Trek/47trek.shtml](http://www.pomona.edu/Welcome/Trek/47trek.shtml) and here: [http://www.pomona.edu/Welcome/Trek/Trek.shtml](http://www.pomona.edu/Welcome/Trek/Trek.shtml) > this post is brought to you by the letter Q and the number … well, I think you know For some reason I love knowing strange stuff like this. Welcome back ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/19 "2005-04-22T00:02:12Z")
[It’s an omen!](http://beta.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=753&e=2&u=/ap/20050421/ap_on_sc/popcorn_s_secret) :eek: > [@](#): > > In the varieties popped, the percentage of unpopped kernels ranged from 4 percent in premium brands to **47 percent** in the cheaper ones. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269/20 "2005-04-22T00:18:39Z")
I say you shoulda kept a boot in each trough and had yourself renamed as: Spadmiral Borft 😃 Welcome back !!! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-vet-returns/300269.md?page=2)